Edward Alden

Edward Alden is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the coauthor, with Laurie Trautman, of When the World Closed Its Doors: The Covid-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders (Oxford University Press, 2025).

Migrants gather between primary and secondary border fences as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions, near San Diego, California, on May 10, 2023.
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Pandemic Response Should Not Rely on Border Closures

by Edward Alden

Lessons learned from COVID-19 should inform future public health responses